Crafty Secrets Design Team Blog Hop!

This week Vicki challenged us to make a project or nonstandard sized card using our Crafty Secrets stamps. I just bought a new Cricut cartridge called, In the Kitchen. It has the cutest darn cuts on it! For my first card I created a card that holds a Starbucks gift card. I cut the coffee pot several times to create the layers as well as the shadow cut for the back of the card. The paper is by October Afternoon and SU! I used the "sugar" cubes from the Coffee & Tea set. I stamped them and added a bit of rosy color to their cheeks. I applied Crystal Effects and glitter to 'em!

For my next card I created a soup pot card. I used the same cartridge with October Afternoon paper. After cutting several layers and putting them together, I stamped this cute lil' girl from the Sweet Stuff set. She was colored with Copics and then cut out with my oval Nesties.

I just added some buttons and a bit of sparkle to the pot with some glittery Doodlebug paper.

I hope you enjoyed these projects! Head on over to the other girlies' blogs for some more amazing projects! They continually knock my socks off with their creativity!

Vicki Chrisman

Anna Wight

Linda Duke

Pam Hooten

Marisa Grossman

Heidi Blankenship

Crafty Secrets

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I am excited to start my weekend, cuz my bestest friend Jen is coming for a visit on Saturday AND hubby and I are going to see P!nk in concert!!! We are probably gonna be the oldest ones there, but I don't care! We are gonna rock it Saturday night! Woohoo! Can't wait!

Have a FABULOUS weekend!!!!

A Thanksgiving Wish....

I have been playing with some of my new holiday stamps lately, trying to get a head start on some of my holiday card making! This is a new Thanksgiving set by Crafty Secrets. I colored it with my Copics then cut it out with my rectangular Nestibility. The edges were distressed a bit. The DP is by Papertrey Ink. I added a bow tied with a rustic button and twine.

This will be a short lil' post as I am fighting a terrible headache! I need to take some aspirin (For the 3rd time today) and go lay across the couch. No crafting tonight for me........ : (

Back to School Note....

I wanted to post a little something I created awhile ago using Noel Mignon's Homeroom kit. I again used scraps of paper from the kit and used my circle punch. Michelle Lanning (Fellow DT member at Noel Mignon) hosted a challenge to use crayons as part of the card. What a cute idea that was! I loved how it turned out! I just tied some pretty felt ribbon and added a little tag to it. Such a perfect card to give to a teacher!I have been slowly breaking in my scrap room. It is so clean that I don't want to mess it up! LOL! I think the ole' mojo is starting to come back. I will have some fun stuff to share with you tomorrow and Friday! : ) Thanks for stopping and leaving such sweet comments......they sure do make my day!

Happy Everything!

Happy Monday! I had such a busy weekend........again that my crafting time was pretty minimal! Our house is finally taking shape and we are doing the fun stuff like hanging pictures and such. We purchased a bed frame and headboard for Kyle since he will no longer be sleeping in a bunk bed. We also looked at new carpeting and took a few samples home. I think we've decided on a color and can't wait to have it installed!

So with that said, I am posting a card I made awhile ago for a challenge hosted by yours truly during our Sizzlin' Summer Crop. The challenge was to use punches and scraps of paper you hate to part with. I used Noel's Penny Arcade kit and my SU! square punch. The edges were inked up with Tim Holtz Frayed Burlap ink. The butterfly was created with my Spellbinders. I added some stick pins for his antennae and a lil' flower for his body. The frame and rub on are by Melissa Frances.


I am off to work! Have a great day everyone!!! : )

JustRite's Mega Font Hop & Mini Tutorial!

OK, buckle down, cuz this is gonna be a long post! I have a couple of projects here to show you and a mini tutorial! This first project alters a Ghiradelli chocolate bag. I used the JR Brayton font on my horizontal wood stamper to stamp the words, Boo (95pt) & EEK! (25 pt) There were stamped with Versamark and sprinkled with black embossing powder. The center image is JR's Witch Way to The Treats, set. It was also stamped in Versmark and black embossing powder. I added sparkle to his body using my Sakura glue pen and ultrafine glitter.

The rectangles were cut using my Spellbinder's Nestibilities.

My next projects uses the Brayton font (95pt) as well. (Can you tell it's one of my favorite fonts?) I wanted to achieve a two toned effect. (Which if you scroll down I show you how to do it!) So I used a combination of orange and black inks. I cut the words out and placed them over my felt spider web. I did some sewing, added a bat and spider. (Which are sparkly.....gotta love a spider or bat who sparkles!) : )

I love the look of the two colors!

Here is a quick easy way to get those two tone letters! I used the 95 pt Curlz Font for this example.

And here is another finished example using this fun technique!

I am so glad you stopped by today! Don't forget to stop on by the other talented designers! Not only will you be incredibly inspired, but you may have a shot at winning JR's secret blog candy! It is such a mystery that not even the designers know who has the blog candy! So leave some love here and at the other blogs for your chance to win some fabulous prizes!

JustRite Blog

Debbie Olson

Jerri Kay Jimenez

Taylor Van Bruggen

Holly Simoni

Barb Schram

Terre Fry

Kim Moreno

Catherine Doucette

Kellie Fortin

Kimberly Crawford

Kathy Jones

Michelle Giraud

Angela Barkhouse

Heather Pulvirenti
Tami Mayberry

Jennifer Buck

Kerri Lee Sereika

Jami Bova

Laura Davis

Stacey Kingman

Bonnie Sharp

Stephanie Severin

Janine Rich

Debbie Seyer

Margie Higuchi

Lauren Bergold

Anja Curvers

AJ Otto

Happy Friday!!!

Vintage Birthday and an Announcement!

Happy Thursday to you! I wanted to share a card I created for my dad this past Monday for his birthday. I struggle with masculine cards. It's kind of like buying men clothes.....something you have to do, but not always real exciting. I had this golfer in my collection for awhile, and since my dad is a golfer, I decided to use it! I used a "tweed" background stamp from SU! first and then stamped my golfer on top of it with Momento Ink. The edges were distressed a bit. I used vintage book paper and Graphic 45. I paired it up with some buttons and twine to finish it off. I was pretty pleased with the end result! (And I think dad liked it too!)

For my announcement.....(No I am not expecting! LOL) JustRite is hosting their MEGA FONT HOP!!! There will be 54 talented designers showcasing all the things you can do with FONTS! It will be split between today and tomorrow. (I will be showing mine tomorrow!) In addition to you will receive 30% off all JR Font sets and the Horizontal or Vertical wood stamps, if you purchase them from Sept. 17-24th.

Make sure you visit the JR Blog to start. If you leave comments on the designer's blogs you may be entered to win some fabulous blog candy. I say "may" because it is a hidden blog candy.....even the designers don't know about it! But as usual, JR is VERY generous with their giveaways! So you don't want to miss your chance to win!

OK, sales pitch over (LOL!) ....... I need to get my rear in gear and head off to work! : )

Take a Break!

I colored this High Hopes image awhile ago and decided it was time to put it together.......cuz it kind of looks like me. (OK, maybe like 30 something years ago.....but still.....) This is what my weekends have consisted of, cleaning, painting, reorganizing etc. (I think a paintbrush in her hand with definitely complete the picture!) So now that there is light at the end of the tunnel.....it is time to take a break! This weekend, we are planning to spend the afternoon downtown at Lincoln Park Zoo and then walk the lakefront. (Assuming it is a nice day!) That means no painting, no cleaning, no reorganizing......just time together. The house will wait.

I colored her with my Copics. For the life of me, maybe because it is still early and I haven't had enough coffee, but I can't remember who the DP is by.

I just have one last thing to ask......do people really unsubscribe to a blog because there are too many posts??? I kind of thought that was the whole idea? Just had to laugh when I got a notice from Feedblitz.

Oh well......it's all good! Have a great Tuesday!!!!